ITS Lunch & Learn Program
Co-sponsored by the Staff Development Committee, the ITS Lunch & Learn program is a recurring training open to all Penn Carey Law faculty and staff. Have an idea for a future lunch & learn? Email us at itshelp@law.upenn.edu.
AI Tools
July 10, 2024
Join the ITS team for an informative session on how AI tools can enhance your productivity and work. We will cover how these tools operate, creating effective prompts, best practices, and essential security and privacy guidelines. Tools covered include Copilot, Grammarly, and Zoom AI Companion.
Presenters: Christine Droesser and Lauren Caputo
Security & Privacy
October 12, 2023
We share the latest information about phishing, ransomware, and messaging and phone attacks as well as review recommendations and best practices to avoid being a victim of these attacks. The presentation ends with a list of direct actions you can take to secure your identity, accounts, and data online.
Presenters: Dan Darrow, Christine Droesser and Amelia Garrett
Collaboration & Productivity
July 19, 2023
An informative session featuring some of our best productivity tips and apps for in-person, remote and hybrid work solutions, including Bookings, MS Office, Windows/browser shortcuts, simplifying event invites and more.
Presenters: Alfonso Mayers, Sudeshna Dutta, Thomas Judice
Security & Privacy
October 28, 2022
An informative session on how to keep your data and identity secure online. We share the latest information about phishing, ransomware, and messaging and phone attacks as well as review recommendations and best practices to avoid being a victim of these attacks. The presentation ends with a list of direct actions you can take to secure your identity, accounts, and data online.
Presenters: Dan Darrow, Christine Droesser, and Amelia Garrett
Security & Privacy Awareness Program
June 22, 2021
A presentation with lots of recommendations for staying safe online, including key takeaways and a cybersecurity to-do list.
Presenters: Dan Darrow, Christine Droesser, and Amelia Garrett
Working Remotely and Microsoft Outlook
March 6, 2020
Learn more about working remotely including tips for communicating and collaborating with your colleagues while remote, resources available, and best practices. Review strategies and best practices for managing and organizing your mail and calendar. Also learn about the mail and calendar functionality available through the Outlook Web App.
Security & Privacy
February 14, 2020
An informative session on how to keep your data and identity secure online with the latest information about phishing, messaging and phone attacks. We review recommendations and best practices to avoid being a victim of these attacks and provide strategies for securing laptops, using public WiFi, MFA and password managers.
Presenters: Dan Darrow, Christine Droesser, Aidan Ericksson and Amelia Garrett
Microsoft Teams & Planner
June 26, 2019
An overview on how the Teams application can increase productivity, collaboration, and efficiency within your day to day functions. It covers Microsoft Planner, another Microsoft Office 365 platform within Teams, that lets you visually organize plans, assign tasks, share files, and more.
Email Communications
April 25, 2014
A collaborative lunch and learn about how you can enhance your email communications. ITS provides information on how to utilize Mail Chimp for your email campaigns. Communications reviews tips and tricks on best practices for design and layout to make your email stand out from the rest.
Presenters: Christine Droesser, Rebecca Anderson and Emily Brennan